Trinity Lutheran Church of Colebrook, 58 Church Road, Manheim, will host Nickolas Sieber's Traditional Jazz & Ragtime Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23. Attendees of the event will enjoy a living history experience highlighting music of the American songbook from the 1890s through 1930.

Sieber's festival will include performances from Miss Maybell and Charlie Judkins, a duo from New York City; Ramona Baker, a pianist from New York City; Gavin Rice, a banjoist from Rochester, N.Y.; and the Blackbird Society Orchestra from Philadelphia. In addition to music, professional dancers Roddy Caravella and Gretchen Fenston will lead a 1920s dance lesson of the Peabody. A social dance of foxtrots, tangos, swing, and more will run throughout the course of the festival.

The festival will also include a 1920s lawn party with pre-war car rides, a croquet tournament, fashion displays, and special guest R.W. Tintypes offering authentic 19th-century tintype photography portrait sittings. Trinity Lutheran Church of Colebrook will prepare food that will be available for purchase throughout the day.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://sites.google.com/view/siebersragtimefest.